Assignment 1: Hernandez Family Assessment
Subject
Health Medical
Course
Nursing
School
QUT
Question Description
Assessment is as essential to family therapy as it is to individual
therapy. Although families often present with one person identified as
the “problem,” the assessment process will help you better understand
family roles and determine whether the identified problem client is in
fact the root of the family’s issues. As you examine the Hernandez
Family: Sessions 1-6 videos in this week’s Learning Resources,
consider how you might assess and treat the client family.
The Assignment
Address in a comprehensive client assessment of the Hernandez family
the following:
- Demographic information
- Presenting problem
- History or present illness
- Past psychiatric history
- Medical history
- Substance use history
- Developmental history
- Family psychiatric history
- Psychosocial history
- History of abuse and/or trauma
- Review of systems
- Physical assessment
- Mental status exam
- Differential diagnosis
- Case formulation
- Treatment plan